Sanitary chicken nest



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wdan/zdww A T ran/vars Patented Nov. 28, 1950 ED STATES rear OFFlCE 2;Claims. 1; This invention; relates to: poultry nests; and moreparticularly to hen .nests of the. multipletiered-"type:

A main object of the invention is to. provide an-improvedmultiple-tiered hen nest which is simple in construction, very easy toclean, and which can be readily installed in any desired location Afurther object of the invention-isto provide animprovedhen.neststructurewhich is inexpensive to manufacture, neat inappearance, durable in'construction, which is easy to assemble, andis-easyto obtain access to. for-the purpose of cleaning.

Furtherobjectsandadvantages of the invention will becomeapparent-from-.-the-following description and claims, and from theaccompanying' drawings, wherein:

Figure 1 is a front elevational view of 'a h'en nest constructed inaccordance with the present invention;

Figure 2 is a front elevational view of the hen nest structure of Figure1 with the upper tier elevated for cleaning;

Figure 3 is a vertical cross-sectional view taken i on line 3-45 ofFigure 1;

Figure 4 is a cross-sectional view taken on line d4 of Figure 2;

Figure 5 is a fragmentary front elevational view showing both tiers ofthe nest structure of Figure l elevated for cleaning;

Figure 6 is a perspective view of one of the partition elements employedin the hen nest structure of Figures 1 to 5,

Referring to the drawings, H designates respective L-shaped supportingbars adapted to be secured to the wall of a building. Secured to thebars H is a wall member l2 having a vertically disposed plate 53 and ahorizontal base portion l4.

Hinged to the upper marginal portion of member H2 at i5 is afir'sthousing it comprising a forwardly-sloping, pointed roof member 51forming a closed top. Spaced transverse partition wall elements [8defining a plurality of compartments in the housing are dependinglysupported from the roof member. Secured to the front vertical margins ofsaid partition wall elements is a front wall member l9 formed with largecircular apertures 29, each aperture opening into one of the aforesaidcompartments. Secured to the bottom forward portions of the partitionwall elements 58 is a longitudinal stiffening bar 2!. As will be seenfrom Figure 3, the vertical member I3 normally acts as the rear wallofthe aforesaid compartments. The stilfening bar. 2 l. projectsforwardly of front wall member Him a. substantial distance and isprovided with a.vertical front flange 22; providing a perchfor poultryusing the house. The forward, portionof bar 2! is braced 'to the frontwall member l9 by a plurality of triangular connecting brackets 23.

lhe housing It comprises the upper tier. of the house. Designated at 24is another housing having a. closed top: wall element 25. which ishinged to rear vertical wall it at 26 and underlies the first housing Iii, wherebyelement 25 normally serves as the floor of said firsthousing; Secured to wall element 25 are additional spaced transversepartition wall elements 21'; Secured to the front vertical margins ofwall elements 2! is the'vertical' front wall member 28 formed with largecircular apertures 29- opening into the respectivecompartments definedbythe spaced wall elements Z'l. Secured to the rear lower portions of thepartition wall elements 21 is the longitudinal stiffening bar 3B.Secured to the front lower portions of the wall elements 21 is theforwardlyprojecting longitudinal bar member 3| formed with the frontvertical flange 32. Flange 32 also provides a perch for poultry usingthe house. Bar member 3| is braced to the front wall member 28 by aplurality of triangular brackets 23. As shown in Figure 3, horizontalbase portion l4 normally serves as the floor of the compartments inhousing 24, the vertical member 13 acting as the rear wall of saidcompartments.

The pointed roof ll discourages the poultry from perching thereon. Theperch flanges 22 and 32 are provided for perching, said flanges beingconveniently adjacent the compartment openings 20 and 29.

In order to clean out the housing I5, said housing is elevated to araised position, such as shown in Figure 2, providing access to thecompartments therein and allowing the top wall member of the lowerhousing 24 to be cleaned. Similarly, to clean out the lower housing 2t,said lower housing is elevated, as shown in Figure 5, providing accessto the compartments of said lower housing and allowing the horizontalbase portion it to be cieaned. The housings may be secured in elevatedpositions by respective chains detachably hooked to respective eyes 34and 35 secured to the upper forward corner portions of the respectivehousings.

The various parts of the device are preferably fabricated fromcorrosion-resistant metal, such as galvanized sheet steel or the like.

While a specific embodiment of a multipletiered poultry house has beendisclosed in the foregoing description, it will be understood thatvarious modifications within the spirit of the invention may occur tothose skilled in the art. Therefore, it is intended that no limitationsbe placed on the invention except as defined by the scope of theappended claims.

What is claimed is:

1. A multiple nest structure for poultry coinprising a verticallydisposed plate, a horizontally disposed base positioned adjacent thelower end of said plate and secured thereto, a housing open at its backand bottom and including a closed top and a front wall depending fromsaid closed top arranged upon said base member with its open back facingand abutting said plate, said housing having its top pivotally connectedto said plate for swinging movement about a horizontal axis, and aplurality of vertically disposed partition plates arranged in spacedparallel relation longitudinally of said housing and dependingly securedto said top and front wall to thereby subdivide said housing into aplurality of compartments, there being a plurality of openings extendingthrough the front wall of said housing and each in communication withone of said. compartments.

2. A multiple nest structure for poultry comprising a verticallydisposed plate, a horizontally disposed base positioned adjacent thelower end of said plate and secured thereto, a housing open at its backand bottom and including a closed top and a front wall depending fromsaid closed top arranged upon said base member with its open back facingand abutting said plate, said housing having its top pivotally connectedto said plate for swinging movement about a horizontal axis, a pluralityof vertically disposed partition plates arranged in spaced parallelrelation longitudinally of said housing and dependingly secured to saidtop and front wall to thereby subdivide said housing into a plurality ofcompartments, there being a plurality of openings extending through thefront wall of said housing and each in communication with one of saidcompartments, a second housing open at its back and bottom and includinga closed top and a front wall depending from said closed top arranged insuperimposed relation with respect to said first housing with its openback facing and abutting said vertically disposed plate, said secondnamed housing having its top pivotally connected to said plate forswinging movement about a horizontal axis, and a plurality of verticallydisposed partition plates arranged in spaced parallel relationlongitudinally of said second housing and dependingly secured to saidtop and front Wall to thereby subdivide said second housing into aplurality of compartments, there being a plurality of openings extendingthrough the front wall of said second housing and each in communicationwith one of the compartments in said second housing.

JOHN W. PETERSON.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file ofthis patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 680,821 Tremere Aug. 20, 19011,923,980 Hultine Aug. 22, 1933 2,494,709 Keagle Jan. 1'7, 1950 OTHERREFERENCES Excerpts Popular Mechanics, Nov. 19, 1948, page 224.

